In 1983, a small island started from a large farmer

Just as my father and mother were preparing things, one of Zhou Xiaoying's students ran over, panting.

"Teacher Zhou, please go to Siyu's house right away. She seems to have been beaten and is crying very loudly."

Zhou Xiaoying, who had just finished taking a shower, frowned when she heard this. She packed up her things and rushed to Zhang Siyu's house immediately.

Seeing this, Li Duoyu quickly said, "Wait a minute, I'll go with you."

He had a hunch that Zhou Xiaoying probably couldn't solve this problem. If they could solve the problem, they would have solved it long ago.

Li Duoyu originally didn't want to get involved in other people's family affairs, but in the morning when he sent the little girl to take the exam.

The cause and effect has already been planted. Since it has been done, we might as well do it to the end. We can't just give the little girl a little hope and then give her the greatest despair.

Just as they worried, as soon as Li Duoyu arrived at Zhang Siyu's house, he found that her door was tightly closed.

But one could hear the girl's crying and her parents beating and scolding her.

"I told you not to take the exam, but you still went. Do you think your parents' words are just wind in your ears?"

But this girl named Zhang Siyu was also very stubborn. Even if she was beaten, she would still loudly reply: "But I just want to study."

"Why are you going to school? Our family still owes thousands of dollars to our relatives. You are risking your parents' lives to study here."

"I just want to study anyway."

The next second, Li Duoyu heard the sound of beating again. Zhou Xiaoying's face was full of anxiety. This was not the first time she had encountered such a situation.

The last time I came to visit Shanshan’s home, this child was also being scolded by her family. To be honest, this child is really brave, but her parents are so disappointing.

Zhou Xiaoying was about to knock on the door, but Li Duoyu stopped him and stepped forward to shout, "Siyu, I'm Li Duoyu, Director Li, are you home?"

After hearing this, the sounds of beating and scolding in the room disappeared instantly. The child's parents looked at each other in bewilderment. They really didn't expect to attract Li Duoyu here.

Before the two could react, the girl named Zhang Siyu shouted, "Director Li, I'm at home."

"Then open the door for me. I have something to talk to you about."

After a while, the woman named Wu Chahua opened the door and came in. When she saw Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying, she smiled and said, "Director Li, Teacher Zhou, why are you here?"

Before Zhou Xiaoying could reply, Li Duoyu said, "No, it's just that our village committee now has a policy that can help students from poor families go to school for free. I have learned about your family's situation, and I think this policy is very suitable for you."

Zhou Xiaoying was stunned when she heard this and looked at Li Duoyu in surprise. When did this policy come out? As teachers, we have no idea about it.

Seeing Li Duoyu say this, the man in the family who looked a little thin and weak, named Zhang Jinlong, said directly:
"Director Li, thank you very much, but my Siyu is really not good at studying, so let's leave the spot for someone else."

Zhou Xiaoying said angrily: "Siyu has always been a good student. I hope you will think more about her. She will definitely have a bright future."

Wu Chahua sighed and said, "Teacher Zhou, you know that given our family's situation, we really can't afford to send three children to school at the same time."

Li Duoyu smiled. In fact, he had been looking around the house since he entered the door.

To be honest, their family's financial situation is not bad. They probably use lard to cook in the kitchen, and there is even a plate of braised pork on the table.

There are also several beer bottles in the corner. If the conditions are really poor, how can you afford to drink beer?

Before his family's financial situation improved, Mr. Li could only drink the cheapest sweet potato liquor when he wanted to.

Li Duoyu has lived two lives after all, and he has seen all kinds of parents. These two are obviously lazy and want their child to earn money to support the family early, so they don't want her to go to school.

Li Duoyu smiled and began to talk about the truth: "Sometimes, I think that we as parents must think more about our children and not ruin their future because of temporary difficulties."

Zhang Jinlong said, "But Director Li, you know my family's situation, and I really can't do it."

"Ah." Li Duoyu pretended to be surprised and said, "But I think your family is pretty good. You have braised pork and beer. Your conditions are better than mine."

After hearing this, Zhang Jinlong felt embarrassed. He was so busy locking the child into the house that he forgot to clean up the dining table.

"No, this is just a special case. My brother-in-law came to my house yesterday, so I entertained him. We are reluctant to eat this meat."

"Is that so?" Li Duoyu asked, "Tell me honestly, how much money can you make with Chahua in a day?"

Zhang Jinlong was stunned. He never expected Li Duoyu to be so direct. But he didn't dare to tell Li Duoyu that he didn't earn any money to support the family. It was the mother and daughter who earned the money.

If this gets out, I will be too ashamed to face anyone on the island.

"If I work for others, I can earn about 1.5 yuan a day on average."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Isn't this a lot? It's more than our teacher Zhou's salary."

After hearing this, Zhou Xiaoying smiled very "happily", but her fists were clenched very tightly.

Li Duoyu, sensing a murderous aura, coughed twice and continued to ask, "Sister Chahua often repairs fishing nets at the dock. She should make a lot of money every month."

Wu Chahua replied: "About thirty yuan."

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Isn't this good? The total for both of you is one hundred dollars, rounded off."

After hearing this calculation, Zhou Xiaoying was stunned for several seconds. How could the income be calculated too high?

Zhang Jinlong and Wu Chahua were also a little confused. How could their family earn so much money?

But before they could react, Li Duoyu continued, "As for our policy, the village committee will cover all the children's tuition and fees, including food expenses, so you don't have to worry about the child."

"Your income is not a problem at all. We can take 20 yuan a month for living expenses, and 80 yuan for debt repayment. As for the 3,000 yuan you owe, maybe you will have paid off the debt by the time Siyu graduates from junior high school."

Zhang Jinlong and Wu Chahua were both stunned, their brains completely unable to follow what Li Duoyu said.

Li Duoyu didn't bother to care whether they understood or not, and continued: "You two should grit your teeth now. As long as you can get through this period, when Siyu is admitted to a technical secondary school and assigned a job in the future, I will be able to help you."

Zhang Jinlong felt like he was shooting himself in the foot, so he said, "But now, my relatives are asking us to pay back the money."

Li Duoyu said in a deep voice: "Whoever urges you to pay back the money, just tell me directly and I will discuss it with them. How about this, you can have a job raising kelp here. It's a bit hard, but the income is still good."

Zhang Jinlong was completely dumbfounded. He was being led by the nose and had nothing to say.

Seeing that they were all silent, Li Duoyu looked around and asked, "By the way, Teacher Zhou and I have been here for such a long time, where is Siyu? Let's ask her to come out for a moment."

Wu Chahua took a small key and opened the door of a room, where there were three children.

The oldest of the three children was Zhang Siyu. She greeted them very politely: "Hello, Director Li and Teacher Zhou."

The other two children were too young to greet them, so they just stared at them. After seeing Zhang Siyu, Zhou Xiaoying felt very distressed because her calves were bruised from being whipped.

When he pulled up his trouser leg, he saw that Zhou Xiaoying's face instantly fell. It was obvious that this time he was beaten even harder than last time.

Li Duoyu also saw it, but in this era, it is normal for children to be beaten if they don't listen to their parents.

When he was a child, Lao Li often beat him when he was naughty. He used the kind of bamboo fishing pole, which would hit him so hard that his skin would be torn apart in an instant.

After meeting Zhang Siyu, Li Duoyu made the decision on the spot: "Then let's finalize it. The village committee will cover the tuition and food expenses. You don't have to worry about the three years of junior high school. Everything will be taken care of by our village committee."

Seeing that Li Duoyu had said it, Zhang Jinlong and Wu Chahua had no way to refute it. They could only smile bitterly and agreed: "Thank you so much, Director Li, for taking such good care of us."

Li Duoyu smiled and patted Zhang Jinlong on the shoulder: "I am also a parent. There is no parent who doesn't love their children. Difficulties are temporary. As long as you grit your teeth and train all three children, you can enjoy happiness in the future."

"It's really great to be willing to study hard like Zhang Siyu. Unlike our Li Haoran, who dared to sleep even with a knife on his neck."

After hearing this, Zhang Siyu with red eyes couldn't help laughing. Director Li was right. Li Haoran often secretly slept during class.

"Director Li is right."

Now Zhang Jinlong can only nod his head. After all, with so many hats being put on him, how can he dare to say no?

He is Li Duoyu.

He is much stronger than the original Wang Dapao. To put it bluntly, even if Li Duoyu beat him to a pulp, he might still have to kneel down and admit his mistake to him.

Besides, he didn't say anything wrong. If I rejected him, it would be a serious problem.

The village committee took the initiative to cover your child’s tuition and living expenses, but you still refuse to give us face?
Once the village committee intervenes in this matter, it will be a foregone conclusion that Siyu will go to junior high school.

To be precise, if Li Duoyu intervened, he would have no choice at all.

Zhang Jinlong had no choice but to say, "Director Li, I love my child too. I will work hard to pay off the debt as soon as possible."

"Is this right?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "It is indeed hard to have three children, but as long as you can raise all three children in the future, you will definitely be happier than others."

"Others only have one or two children. Since your family has three, you should work harder. My brother-in-law also has three children. He is even worse off than you. All three are girls. But now he works harder than anyone else and stays at my shrimp farm almost every night."

Wu Chahua felt that there was something wrong with this statement, but she didn't know what the problem was, so she had to follow suit and said, "Director Li is right."

Seeing that Zhang Siyu's parents had agreed, Li Duoyu stood up and said, "Okay, it's getting late, Teacher Zhou and I will go back first. Brother Zhang, if there is a chance, we can have a drink together."

Seeing that Li Duoyu actually called him Brother Zhang, Zhang Jinlong was inexplicably excited: "Of course, Director Li."

Before leaving, Li Duoyu added: "If you really want to make more money, you can come to me directly. The job I introduce to you is a bit hard, but the income will definitely not be bad."

"Okay, Director Li."

Zhang Jinlong and Wu Chahua, holding flashlights, accompanied Li Duoyu and Zhou Xiaoying to the end of the path.

Zhang Siyu on the side was stunned the whole time. Her parents, who were usually arrogant and unreasonable, and Principal Zhu and Teacher Zhou, who were completely impossible to communicate with, were actually completely obedient after being scolded by Director Li.

I thought that after Director Li and Teacher Zhou left, her parents would immediately turn hostile, as that was what happened during the first two home visits.

During the home visit, her parents spoke very nicely to her, but as soon as the teacher left, they started to criticize her.

But this time, instead of getting angry, he encouraged her:

"Siyu, since Director Li thinks so highly of you, you must study hard and try to get into a technical secondary school. Don't bring shame to our family, okay?"

Zhang Siyu felt that happiness came too suddenly, and she jumped up with joy on the spot: "I know, Dad and Mom, I will definitely study hard."

After leaving the student's home, Zhou Xiaoying was completely confused. She had originally organized a lot of words and planned to persuade Zhang Siyu's parents.

But I didn't expect that before I could say a word, Li Duoyu said everything, and I didn't even need to persuade him.

As she listened, she felt that Li Duoyu was teaching Zhang Siyu's parents a lesson. This time, he directly solved her family's problem from the root.

Zhou Xiaoying sighed.

"You're more powerful with your mouth."

Li Duoyu chuckled and said, "That's for sure. If your husband isn't awesome, then who is?"

Zhou Xiaoying then asked: "When will the village committee have such a policy to help poor students? Who will pay for it?"

Li Duoyu smiled and said, "Who do you think will come out?"

Zhou Xiaoying snorted, not supporting but not opposing either. She just said with a dark face, "By the way, why did you just say that Zhang Jinlong makes more money than me in a month?"

After hearing this, Li Duoyu subconsciously moved sideways and kept a distance of two body lengths from Teacher Zhou.

"Teacher Zhou, please listen to my explanation. I really didn't mean it. I just said that to praise him."

Zhou Xiaoying smiled and said, "You are trying to praise him by belittling me, right? Do you look down on my salary?"

"Teacher Zhou, I swear, I absolutely do not look down on teachers. I think your profession of teaching is very great."

“You don’t look down on teachers, you look down on their salaries.”

"Teacher Zhou, we gentlemen use words rather than violence. I respect you very much."

Zhou Xiaoying said angrily: "Did you respect me on the boat this afternoon?"

Li Duoyu sighed, feeling that he would not get through the day without getting a few bruises.

After two screams, nearby villagers opened their doors to watch what was happening, and happened to see Director Li being abused.

Li Duoyu had a bitter face and said aggrievedly: "Where can I put my face in the future?"

Li Duoyu was also very clear that it was not because of his eloquence that he convinced Zhang Siyu's parents.

It’s because of his identity. When a person is successful, people will not only believe what you say, but also listen to you.

To exaggerate a little, even if he were to take a piece of black paper and try to say it was white, everyone would have to think carefully about why he would say that.

To put it bluntly, when you are successful, even if you fart, others will think it smells good. (End of this chapter)